Moses the Black
monk, priest and martyr in Egypt
Feast: 28 August (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
Moses the Black (Coptic: Ⲙⲟⲥⲉⲥ; Greek: Μωϋσῆς ὁ Αἰθίοψ, romanized: Mōüsês ho Aithíops; Arabic: موسى الحبشي; 330–405), also known as Moses the Strong, Moses the Robber, and Moses the Nubian , was a Nubian ascetic hieromonk in Egypt in the fourth century AD, and a Desert Father. He is highly venerated in the Eastern Orthodox Church and the Oriental Orthodox Church. According to stories about him, he converted from a life of crime to one of asceticism. He is mentioned in Sozomen's Ecclesiastical History, written about 70 years after Moses's death.
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The miracles
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Why that counted as sanctity
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- Wikidata Q200977 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Moses the Black (CC BY-SA)
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